“Everything has led to this” The five words that epitomised the grandeur and importance of The 150th Open Championship. At the home of golf, St Andrews, it was time to celebrate the glorious tradition of the world’s oldest golf championship…
From being outside the world’s top 600 in September 2018 to finish sixth in his first-ever major championship at The 148th Open ten months later, Robert MacIntyre’s golfing ascent was rapid. A pair of runner-up finishes at the British Masters…
Ian Baker-Finch set a new course record for Royal Birkdale with a 64 in the third round, which he promptly lost the next day when Jodie Mudd became the fifth player in The Open to score a 63. But the…
Shane Lowry played superbly throughout The 148th Open on his way to a runaway victory, but his best performance undoubtedly came in a record-breaking third round. Having reached the halfway point of the Championship tied for the lead at eight…
We’ve seen some remarkable debuts down the years at The Open, but few can match Justin Rose’s bow. Major champion, Olympic gold medallist and time spent at world number one; for Rose, though, it all began with the famous culmination…
Greg Norman won his second Open title by playing the best golf of his career. He was up against one of the finest leaderboards ever seen – all but one of the final top-12 either were or would become a…
Turnberry has crowned three great champions during its Open Championship history. Nick Price in 1994, Greg Norman in 1986 and Tom Watson in 1977. The 138th Open in 2009 was one of the most memorable tournaments in recent history. Stewart…
Amid great excitement and almost unbearable tension on the Old Course, The 144th Open featured one of the event’s best-ever finishes in which American Zach Johnson eventually triumphed in a four-hole play-off against 2010 Champion Golfer Louis Oosthuizen and Australia’s…
A winner of four majors before the age of 26, Rory McIlroy started his major championship journey at The 136th Open in 2007. A young Rory arrived at Carnoustie never having competed at The Open. By the end of that…
Gary Player practised harder, travelled further and was more meticulous about his diet and fitness than any other golfer of his generation. The South African holds the record for the most appearances at The Open Championship by any player. He…